Warriors put Blazers on the brink

Gasol’s floater sinks Spurs in the NBA

Published - April 23, 2017 10:41 pm IST - Los Angeles

The star: Stephen Curry, right, helped Warriors storm back from a 16-point third-quarter deficit to beat Trail Blazers.

The star: Stephen Curry, right, helped Warriors storm back from a 16-point third-quarter deficit to beat Trail Blazers.

Stephen Curry scored 14 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter and Golden State Warriors stormed back from a 16-point third-quarter deficit to beat Portland Trail Blazers 119-113.

Klay Thompson tallied 24 points on Saturday for Warriors, who seized a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round Western Conference playoff series.

C.J. McCollum scored 32 points and Damian Lillard added 31 for Blazers, who will try to stay alive with a win in game four.

Elsewhere, Marc Gasol lifted Memphis to a 110-108 overtime win over San Antonio Spurs with a clutch jump shot at the buzzer that allowed the Grizzlies to level their playoff series at 2-2.

In Memphis, Gasol’s floater over Spurs defender LaMarcus Aldridge with 0.7 seconds left capped a thrilling back and forth first round playoff contest in front of a crowd of 18,100.

Kawhi Leonard scored a playoff career high 43 points for the Spurs, including San Antonio’s final 16 points in the fourth quarter.

DeMar DeRozan, held scoreless from the floor a game earlier, struck for 33 points and nine rebounds to lead Toronto over Milwaukee 87-76.

The visiting Raptors pulled level with Milwaukee at 2-2 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series, which continues on Monday in Toronto.

The results: Eastern Conference: Toronto 87 bt Milwaukee 76; Atlanta 116 bt Washington 98.

Western Conference: Memphis 110 bt San Antonio 108 (OT); Golden State 119 bt Portland 113 .

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